Quote (DizzyBusiness @ 25 Nov 2022 18:21)
Why is Russia paying trolls to influence PARD forums on d2jsp? Isn't their economy supposedly crumbling at the moment? Seems like an odd choice, and why wouldn't these trolls just spam post? You could get way more than 80 in a day, does Russia also have people who check the effectiveness of their trolling? Seems like a logistical nightmare to check their work.
I dont know man, seems more likely to me that there are people on the planet who don't agree with you than a vast Russian conspiracy to influence every forum across the internet.
Russia economy is having troubles, because countries dont want to trade with them, for example they have problems building Rockets because they cant buy parts. Also many Russians left the country. Also their economy is mobilized for war.
On the same time, although they cant buy things, they still have some spare $$ that they get from selling resources.
Of course crime companies are just like normal companies, they have various checks in place. You only need to check like 5% work to find out which of the trolls is doing good job, and which one is underperforming.
Also its not really only about forums.
People bring their ideas from outside, from Twitter, from Facebook, from Trump speeches.
So someone could get their fake news outside and bring it here.
There is a term in Russian: "useful idiot".